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otherkinnoun
A person who claims or believes that his/her soul is non-human.
Etymology: From otherkin, from other + -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from cynna, genitive plural of cynn, equivalent to.
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Otherkin
Otherkin are a subculture of people who identify as not entirely human. Some otherkin believe their identity derives from reincarnation, a non-human soul, ancestry, symbolism, or metaphor. Others attribute it to unusual psychology and do not hold spiritual beliefs on the subject. Categories of otherkin include Fictionkin, those who identify as fictional characters; Conceptkin, who identify as abstract concepts; Weatherkin, who identify as weather systems; as well as a number of other more obscure categories. Joseph P. Laycock, assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University, considers otherkin beliefs to have a religious dimension, but asserts that "the argument that Otherkin identity claims conform to a substantive definition of religion is problematic". Many otherkin themselves reject the notion that being otherkin is a religious belief. A controversial but frequently made analogy is to gender dysphoria, leading to the terms trans-species or trans-speciesism and species dysphoria.
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Otherkin
Otherkin are a community of people who see themselves as partially or entirely non-human. They contend that they are, in spirit if not in body, not human. This is explained by some members of the otherkin community as possible through reincarnation, having a nonhuman soul, ancestry, or symbolic metaphor. Scholarship has framed this claim as religious because it is frequently supported by a framework of metaphysical beliefs. Not all otherkin necessarily share these beliefs; some may simply prefer to identify as non-human.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of otherkin in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of otherkin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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